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enUSA Today: Fast Food Joints More Stringent with Meat Standards Than Public Schoolshttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/12/09/usa-today-report-shows-fast-food-joints-more-stringent-meat-standards-
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>&lt;p&gt;Every now and then, we at NewsBusters like to point out a solid piece of journalism, instances where the media report news that cuts against the liberal narrative of the world that the MSM usually churn out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And so today, I thought I&#039;d pass along how&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-school-lunch-standards_N.htm&quot;">http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-school-lunch-standards...</a> target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; USA Today&lt;/a&gt; noted today that &amp;quot;Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches&amp;quot; (h/t NB intern Mike Sargent ):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the past three years, the government has provided the nation&#039;s schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn&#039;t meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants, from &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Jack+in+the+Box&quot;">http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Jack+in+the+Box&quot;</a> title=&quot;More news, photos about Jack in the Box&quot;&gt;Jack in the Box&lt;/a&gt; and other burger places to chicken chains such as &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Food+and+beverage,+Agriculture,+Chemical/Kentucky+Fried+Chicken&quot;">http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Food+an...</a> title=&quot;More news, photos about KFC&quot;&gt;KFC&lt;/a&gt;, a USA TODAY investigation found.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Government+Bodies/United+States+Department+of+Agriculture&quot;">http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Government+Bodies...</a> title=&quot;More news, photos about U.S. Department of Agriculture&quot;&gt;U.S. Department of Agriculture&lt;/a&gt; says the meat it buys for the National School Lunch Program &amp;quot;meets or exceeds standards in commercial products.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That isn&#039;t always the case. McDonald&#039;s, &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Food+and+beverage,+Agriculture,+Chemical/Burger+King&quot;">http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Food+an...</a> title=&quot;More news, photos about Burger King&quot;&gt;Burger King&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Retail/Costco&quot;">http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Companies/Retail/...</a> title=&quot;More news, photos about Costco&quot;&gt;Costco&lt;/a&gt;, for instance, are far more rigorous in checking for bacteria and dangerous pathogens. They test the ground beef they buy five to 10 times more often than the USDA tests beef made for schools during a typical production day. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the limits Jack in the Box and other big retailers set for certain bacteria in their burgers are up to 10 times more stringent than what the USDA sets for school beef.&lt;/p&gt;</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:11:31 +0000Ken Shepherd32801 at http://newsbusters.org